Graduate Council Meeting Agenda - January 9, 2012

Mendenhall Student Center 221
3:00-5:00 pm

1. Call meeting to order
2. Approval of the December 12, 2011 Graduate Council Minutes (PDF)
3. Approval of the December 7, 2011 Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes (PDF)
   • Dec 7 GCC Agenda and supporting documents
4. For Approval: Student appeal for term extension
5. For Approval: Probation policy changes (PDF)
6. For Approval: 5000 level best practices (PDF)
7. For Discussion: Procedures for changing from thesis to non-thesis option
   • Background (PDF)
   • Draft form (PDF)
8. Appendix F (PDF)
9. Announcements
10. Adjourn

Announcements:

1. Volunteer judges are needed for the Graduate School’s second annual Thesis and Dissertation awards, to be announced during Research and Creative Activity Week, March 26-30, 2012
2. Volunteers needed to serve on an ad-hoc working group needed to revise the format and content of the annual graduate student orientation
3. Action Plan for Increasing Graduate Enrollment (PDF) was distributed to ECU Board of Trustees. Volunteers needed to serve on an ad-hoc implementation workgroup